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Cullen Center is a skyscraper complex in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The complex is now managed by Brookfield Properties. Previously Trizec Properties owned all four office buildings. [1] The complex includes the headquarters of the Houston Fire Department and KBR, and it formerly included the headquarters of Continental Airlines.
On Wednesday August 2, 2000, the Houston City Council voted 10–4 to stop enforcing the informal agreement and enact a new law that exempts a company from the height restriction if the national headquarters of a company occupies 45 percent or more of a Downtown Houston building of over 750,000 square feet (70,000 m 2) of usable space.
The Allen Center is a mixed-use skyscraper complex in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It consists of three buildings, One Allen Center (500 Dallas Street), [ 1 ] Two Allen Center (1200 Smith Street), [ 2 ] Three Allen Center (333 Clay Street). [ 3 ]
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In 1993, the Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Houston leased 9,707 square feet (901.8 m 2) in the First Interstate Plaza. [8] In 1995 Koll Real Estate lost the management contract for the First Interstate Plaza. [9] In 1996, NGC Corp. (now Dynegy) leased 260,000 square feet (24,000 m 2) in the First Interstate
The building was the former headquarters of Enron, one of America's largest commodities trading companies during the 1990s and later infamous for its financial scandal in 2001. 1400 Smith Street was originally known as Four Allen Center prior to Enron relocating to Houston in 1985. [4]
The Edward A. Thomas Building, [2] or 1200 Travis, is a 28-story building in Downtown Houston, Texas that is currently occupied by the Houston Police Department as its current headquarters. At one time it was known as the Houston Natural Gas Building. [3] The building houses HPD's administrative and investigative offices. [4]
During the Houston Astros' 2004 NLCS run (playoffs), the top of the building was crowned by hundreds of tiny blue lights while an enormous Astros star (logo) made of white lights was hung on the south side of the building. [7] In 2011 the company announced they would relocate all employees in the building to a new ExxonMobil office in Spring. [8]